Black Lotus - Chap 80
The warm rays of the sun flooded the room through the huge French windows, falling on the white bed. The man still on the bed moved slightly, opening his eyes.
Wen Niannan was awakened by the sunlight, opening his eyes slightly, he raised his hand to block the brilliant sunlight, rubbing his eyes softly.
When a thought crossed his mind, all the sleepiness in his eyes vanished, he turned around, looking at the side of the bed behind him.
But when he lifted the blanket on the other side of the bed, it was empty, there was no one…
Gu Yansheng left…
Wen Niannan sat up, looking at the empty side, lifting his hand to flatten the messy sheets.
“Good morning, Sir, you’re awake, I’ll bring you the soup.”
As soon as Aunt Lan got ready the dishes and chopsticks to go upstairs, she saw Wen Niannan walking down the stairs, she approached him quickly with a smile.
“Madam, go and sit down first. I’ll call the old lady to come down to eat.”
“All right.”
Instead of going to the dining room, Wen Niannan went to the living room, he scanned around, seeing that there was no one, he looked at the balcony. When he couldn’t find anyone, his eyes dimmed slightly.
“Sir, what are you looking for?” said Uncle Xu, his voice came from behind.
“Yansheng…where did he go, isn’t he at home?”
“Master went out early in the morning, also a few people came in the morning to move the piano from the room, he went with them.”
“Move the piano? “What seemed to have come to his mind, made Wen Niannan’s body stiff, he held the emotions in his eyes.
“Oh, I see.” After that, he walked to the table, perplexed, he sat down, raising his hand to cover his eyes.
Where else could he go if he moved the piano, obviously he went to see Shen Luoan, all these years, the piano has been carefully placed in the room, but I wasn’t expecting this, that he would move it away…
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The sounds of footsteps and Aunt Lan’s voice came from upstairs, Wen Niannan’s eyes dropped a little bit, he forced a smile and turned her head to look.
“Mom.”
Lu Yun walked over, sitting next to him, she smiled at him, saying: “How did Nian Nian sleep last night? Did your head is better?”
“Uhm, I slept well.”
Zhou Yuanfeng raised his eyes, looking around, when he didn’t see Gu Yansheng, he asked: “Uncle Xu, where is ASheng? Didn’t you tell him to come down?”
“Sir, he went out early in the morning and said he would come back at night.”
When Lu Yun heard that Gu Yansheng had gone out, she frowned and asked: “Is he out? I told him to stay at home for a while, he couldn’t stay, and now again I don’t know where he went to fool around!”
Wen Niannan was next to her with his head down, eating the food on the bowl in silence, not saying a word.
Early in the morning, Gu Yansheng found someone to move the piano, Shen Luoan was delighted when he saw the piano, he pulled Gu Yansheng to play together.
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As soon as he put his hands on the keys, and Gu Yansheng heard the familiar sound, he raised his gaze to look at Shen Luoan, he couldn’t help but recall the backstage scene of the concert.
“Yansheng? What’s wrong with you?”
“Huh? What?” said Gu Yansheng, when he returned to his senses, looking at the man who was staring at him with confusion.
“You just played a few wrong notes. It’s not like your usual level.”
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Gu Yansheng looked at the keyboard, then glanced at his hand for a moment, he whispered: “I haven’t played this piece for a long time, I’m a little bit rusty. By the way, didn’t you say you want to go to the library to check materials?”
Smiling, Shen Luoan nodded slightly, then he said: “Oh yeah, I wanted to buy some books, I’ll take the last song I wrote for your birthday to participate in the competition, the competition will be in no time, will you watch it?”
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“Oh, of course, I’ll watch it, Luoan, you’re so good that you’ll definitely get the first place, don’t worry.”
“I need to practice a few more times to be that skilled, then let’s go to the library together, okay?”
“Okay, listen to you.” Gu Yansheng said as he came over to stroke Luoan’s soft hair, his eyes full of tenderness.
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What Gu Yansheng didn’t see was a vicious flash in the eyes of Shen Luoan, who turned his back to talk about the piano.
The day before, his uncle suddenly called him, saying that he had seen Gu Yansheng accompanying Wen Niannan to the concert.
He didn’t expect that Gu Yansheng would be willing to accompany Wen Niannan out, which made him feel a sense of crisis, that was why he quickly called, asking Gu Yansheng to accompany him on the fields of the competition.
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As long as he wins first place in the competition, Gu Yansheng will definitely be very happy, because he had always liked the piano, also he likes to watch him play the piano.
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Shen Luoan looked at the man standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, he was looking at the scores, his eyes were full of confidence.
Wen Niannan returned to the room, sitting on the sofa by the window sill to read a book, he was randomly flipping through the book in his hand, his eyes rambling, not knowing what to think.
Ding…
He took the phone, unlocking it. It was a message from Tang Shuo.
[Niannan, when are you coming today? ]
Surprised, Wen Niannan looked at the message, which reminded him of yesterday’s invitation of Tang Shuo’s offer, to which he agreed.
Looking back at the door, there was a touch of sadness in his eyes, then he replied to the message.
[In an hour]
Ding…
[Really? Great, I’ll wait for you at the door, drive carefully.]
Wen Niannan stared at the message for a long time, stroking his still aching head, covering his face with his hands, then he exhaled softly, when he opened his eyes again, apparently something was missing in his eyes.
Why should you keep being so wronged, Gu Yansheng can ignore his own feelings, why do you have to worry about him…
Wen Niannan took his hat and put it on, he told Uncle Xu that he had something to do, so he went out, driving away.
By the time he drove to Le Ching Street, someone at the intersection was standing there since early, waiting.
As soon as Tang Shuo received the message, he ran to the intersection to wait. He looked around, apparently, he was there an hour before since he made the appointment, but he foolishly ran to the intersection.
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It was a very cold and windy day, Tang Shuo stood at the intersection with the cruel wind blowing, he was shaking because of the cold but still giggling from time to time.
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“Tang Shuo.”
After hearing a voice, he quickly turned around, looking at the person behind him, when he saw a man standing next to the car, Tang Shuo ran over with glowing eyes.
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“Niannan Niannan, why did you come here so early? Achoo…you said in an hour…achoo…after?”
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Tang Shuo sneezed while looking at Wen Niannan with a smirk, Wen Niannan felt that the person in front of him looked like a silly criminal.
“Didn’t I tell you in an hour? Why did you come o the intersection, and not wait in the studio? Isn’t it cold when the wind blows?”
“No…achoo…it isn’t cold…” Tang Shuo scratched his head with shyness, smiling with embarrassment.
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Wen Niannan sighed, helplessly saying: “You’re sneezing, and you said it’s not cold? Are there any clothes in the studio?”
“Yes, I’ll put them.”
Tang Shuo ran to the studio to take the black coat from the office chair, then he walked out, revealing two small dimples when he smiled: “Good, it’s warm now.”
Wen Niannan couldn’t help laughing when he saw his silly look, he softly said: “Didn’t you say we’re going to the library? I will go back if we don’t go.”
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“Going, going, there we go.”
Wen Niannan was just about to get in the car, but Tang Shuo suddenly ran over, pressing the door.
“Niannan, we’re going in my car, I’d like to take you once.”
“Okay.”
Tang Shuo’s car was a black off-road, a photo pendant was hung on the rearview mirror, ss soon as Wen Niannan got on the car, he tore off the pendant before he could see the photo on it.
“What’s the matter?”
“Ha…Haha…Uhm, this is a photo of me when I was a kid, it’s nothing good to look at it.” He put the pendant in his pocket in a panic with his hands and feet trembling, not daring to look back at the person aside.
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“You…didn’t you see what was on it?”
Wen Niannan replied in confusion: “Huh? No.”
Tang Shuo sighed in relief, the photo on the pendant was obviously not his own photo, the photo he kept on it was on the Internet, it was secretly taken by someone, on it, Wen Niannan was smiling while wiping him a nosebleed.
At that time, when he saw it on the Internet, although he was angry with those people who were insulting, making Wen Niannan look like the villain, he couldn’t help but save it when he clicked, seeing the photo while staring at the phone with a smirk from time to time.
On all the way, Tang Shuo was peeking at the silent person sitting on co-pilot, he was leaning on the car window, with a smile in his eyes.
“Look at the road, Tang Shuo, look ahead.”
Seeing that Tang Shuo was looking at his side, Wen Niannan turned his head, reminding him helplessly.
“Huh? Oh, all right…I’m looking at the road, looking at the road.”
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After finally reaching the destination, they got out of the car, Wen Niannan looked at the library across the road, with mixed emotions in his eyes.
Seeing he was looking at the library in trance, Tang Shuo also looked, wondering: “What’s wrong with you, Niannan?”
Wen Niannan averted his eyes, hiding the feelings in his eyes, then he turned his head, saying: “It’s nothing, let’s go.”
As soon as, Wen Niannan turned around to cross the street, Tang Shuo pulled him out of the sudden, suddenly a very fast car on the left side passed by.
“It scared me to death, it was too dangerous. Why you weren’t looking at the road, Niannan?” Tang Shuo was scared, he quickly patted his chest.
“Sorry, I just didn’t notice.”
“No, let me lead you across the road, or should I pull you by your sleeves.”
After that, he stretched out his hand to hold Wen Niannan’s hand through his sleeves, looking around to cross the road.
“What? Wait, Tang Shuo. ”
Wen Niannan didn’t notice the cars on the road just because he was distracted, also he was at a loss at Tang Shuo’s insistence on leading him to cross the street.
“It’s alright, it will be just a moment, I’ll let you go after we get to the opposite side, ok?” said Tang Shuo, blinking, and looking at him with pleading eyes.
Wen Niannan lowered his head, staring at the hand held through the sleeves, a complicated touch flashed in his eyes, looking at the man in front of him, he whispered: “Okay…”
When Tang Shuo heard that, he was grinning from ear to ear, he held Wen Niannan’s hand tightly, then he turned his head, smiling, he said: “Great, then let’s go.”
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Shen Luoan came to the library with Gu Yansheng after playing the piano several times, they sat down in the corner, Gu Yansheng got up, taking the information book Shen Luoan wanted.
“Here.”
Gu Yansheng put a few books on the table, picked up one, handing it to him. After receiving it, Shen Luoan sat aside and quietly reading the book in his hand.
Gu Yansheng scanned the people in the library, opened a book, trying to read it, but he suddenly turned, looking at the two students in school uniforms who walked past him.
Two students sat at the table with their books in front of them, the girl sat on the table and glanced at the boy, asking him to go to the other end of the library to pick up a book.
For a moment, Gu Yansheng was in a trance, thinking of the past Wen Niannan.
